Comments on: Adam Silver says not to expect changes when he takes over for Sternhttp://nba.nbcsports.com/2014/01/16/adam-silver-says-not-to-expect-changes-when-he-takes-over-for-stern/
Basketball - NBC SportsSat, 10 Dec 2016 02:57:14 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: Kurt Helinhttp://nba.nbcsports.com/2014/01/16/adam-silver-says-not-to-expect-changes-when-he-takes-over-for-stern/comment-page-1/#comment-268489
Fri, 17 Jan 2014 23:16:29 +0000http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=691826#comment-268489For the record, it was Stern who talked why England over Spain/Greece/Italy.
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Fri, 17 Jan 2014 21:20:44 +0000http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=691826#comment-268464Hopefully he is smarter than he sounds, because his comments about playing in Europe are nonsensical. The fact the economy is better in England means almost nothing when you’re talking about a single game. Assuming they get any marketing value at all out of playing in Europe (which they obviously believe they are) how amazingly short-sighted it would be to pass up playing in other basketball hotbeds because ticket prices would need to be a bit lower for a single game. By that logic, they shouldn’t play overseas at all because no doubt the logistics costs alone eat up any extra profit from ticket sales.
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Fri, 17 Jan 2014 16:02:36 +0000http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=691826#comment-268341Oh, best believe Adam Smithers is gonna pull off some ridiculous stunt so he can make his mark in the record books and completely make the NBA look like a sellout league, whether it be this or something else. You’re right about that. Money is the root of all evil.
]]>By: jcmeyer10http://nba.nbcsports.com/2014/01/16/adam-silver-says-not-to-expect-changes-when-he-takes-over-for-stern/comment-page-1/#comment-268321
Fri, 17 Jan 2014 13:33:07 +0000http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=691826#comment-268321Touche. It just scares me that there is so much push for international involvement.
]]>By: jcmeyer10http://nba.nbcsports.com/2014/01/16/adam-silver-says-not-to-expect-changes-when-he-takes-over-for-stern/comment-page-1/#comment-268318
Fri, 17 Jan 2014 13:31:31 +0000http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=691826#comment-268318Sue Mark Cuban and think of all the ways he can make sleeveless jerseys happen.
]]>By: 00maltliquorhttp://nba.nbcsports.com/2014/01/16/adam-silver-says-not-to-expect-changes-when-he-takes-over-for-stern/comment-page-1/#comment-268292
Fri, 17 Jan 2014 05:45:14 +0000http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=691826#comment-268292The NBA Finals IS the real World Championship brother.
]]>By: pbtunpaidwriterhttp://nba.nbcsports.com/2014/01/16/adam-silver-says-not-to-expect-changes-when-he-takes-over-for-stern/comment-page-1/#comment-268288
Fri, 17 Jan 2014 04:41:01 +0000http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=691826#comment-268288That’s even worse…the Euroleague would never merge with the NBA. The players and owners can’t even agree on a CBA, forget Europeans.
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Fri, 17 Jan 2014 03:41:32 +0000http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=691826#comment-268282Is the headline a threat?
]]>By: apkyletexashttp://nba.nbcsports.com/2014/01/16/adam-silver-says-not-to-expect-changes-when-he-takes-over-for-stern/comment-page-1/#comment-268272
Fri, 17 Jan 2014 03:15:50 +0000http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=691826#comment-268272I doubt he’ll be yucking it up on the Jim Rome or Dan Patrick radio shows, or Mike and Mike in the morning, quite as often as old Stern.
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Fri, 17 Jan 2014 01:47:43 +0000http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=691826#comment-268258Does this mean that the new commisioner will screw the Celtics over every chance he gets just like Stern has?
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Fri, 17 Jan 2014 01:17:44 +0000http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=691826#comment-268254When is the Heat holding Stern’s retirement ceremony?
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Fri, 17 Jan 2014 00:10:20 +0000http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=691826#comment-268239do away with lotteryand award team with worst record first pick. There’s another league called the NFL that does it this way and things are just fine come draft day.
]]>By: sasquash20http://nba.nbcsports.com/2014/01/16/adam-silver-says-not-to-expect-changes-when-he-takes-over-for-stern/comment-page-1/#comment-268225
Thu, 16 Jan 2014 23:26:19 +0000http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=691826#comment-268225Need to get rid of the lotto system for the draft. They need to do something because we have 10 teams already tanking it. How is that good for the league? 1/3 of the league is trying to lose on purpose. League needs to fix itself here in the states before going global.
]]>By: fanofevilempirehttp://nba.nbcsports.com/2014/01/16/adam-silver-says-not-to-expect-changes-when-he-takes-over-for-stern/comment-page-1/#comment-268222
Thu, 16 Jan 2014 23:13:35 +0000http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=691826#comment-268222I guess this next fool will be deciding how much to fine shoelace bandits.
I see they came up with a jersey to hide tattoos, soon you will be seeing
capri shorts too.
]]>By: fanofevilempirehttp://nba.nbcsports.com/2014/01/16/adam-silver-says-not-to-expect-changes-when-he-takes-over-for-stern/comment-page-1/#comment-268220
Thu, 16 Jan 2014 23:11:25 +0000http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=691826#comment-268220that fool is making easy money, what does he even do.
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Thu, 16 Jan 2014 22:45:57 +0000http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=691826#comment-268204Would anyone be interested in trading 10 games of the regular season for something like a real World Championship?
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Thu, 16 Jan 2014 21:57:52 +0000http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=691826#comment-268179He still hasn’t stepped down yet? WTF?
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Thu, 16 Jan 2014 21:40:57 +0000http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=691826#comment-268169I think he meant existing teams in Europe, like FC Barcelona, CSKA and Olympiakos.
]]>By: pbtunpaidwriterhttp://nba.nbcsports.com/2014/01/16/adam-silver-says-not-to-expect-changes-when-he-takes-over-for-stern/comment-page-1/#comment-268165
Thu, 16 Jan 2014 21:23:20 +0000http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=691826#comment-268165Incorporating teams in Europe would be horrific. See what happened with the Sonics moving to OKC.

How would the T’Wolves or Spurs or any other team react to having their team move to Europe? That would never happen. An expansion team moving to Europe would be much more feasible, but a whole division? That’s a little too much.

Just stick to a few teams playing games in Europe for now. That’s about it. Everyone who wants to watch around the world can watch now anyway.